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Posted on November 16, 2010 at 2:26 pmLast update 4:14 pm By ocweb

Ultralight airplane leads cranes on first migration south.

Eight specially trained whooping crane chicks hatched in May have now embarked on their first southward migration, with an ultralight airplane leading them. USGS researchers who hatched, raised, and trained the chicks at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, are eagerly following the cranes on their journey.